Should I start Tyler Huntley or Josh Downs in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Tyler Huntley, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Josh Downs, and the board ranks him 148th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Tyler Huntley is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Josh Downs is 1.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tyler Huntley's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Tyler Huntley has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 130 times and thrown 6.2 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 24 of 130 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.

In Week 6 against CLE he completed 19 of 31 passes for 165 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 28 yards.

In Week 7 against CIN he completed 23 of 34 passes for 298 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 3 times for 12 yards.

In Week 8 against BUF he completed 2 of 4 passes for 0 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Through Week 8, Josh Downs has been on the field for 82 percent of IND snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 64 third down targets, had 0 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 51 targets have averaged 10.4 air yards.

In Week 6 against TEN he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against MIN he caught 2 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against JAX he caught 4 of 5 targets for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tyler Huntley played 5 games and scored 40.1 PPR points, 8.0 a game, finishing QB47.

He threw for 426 yards on 67 attempts with 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, and ran for 151 yards and 0 touchdowns.

That came to 13.4 attempts a game at 6.4 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 26 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Josh Downs played 16 games and scored 136.4 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR44.

He caught 58 of 88 targets for 566 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 5-6 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Josh Downs was available for 11 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Josh Downs scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Tyler Huntley 8.0, 0.5 a game between them.

Tyler Huntley finished QB47 and Josh Downs WR44, which are two different ladders.

Tyler Huntley is a quarterback and Josh Downs a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Tyler Huntley is listed as out on the injury report.